Comparing Treatment Efficacy With High and Medium Dose of Fluticasone in Combination With Salmeterol in COPD Patients

NCT ID: NCT01657487

Last Updated: 2012-08-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-04-30

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study is to investigate and compare treatment efficacy with high and medium dose of fluticasone in combination with salmeterol in COPD patients.

Detailed Description

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Diagnosis and criteria for inclusion and exclusion:

Inclusion:

1. Male or female outpatients aged 40 years≧
2. Current or ex-smoker, with smoking history 10 pack≧- years
3. COPD (FEV1/FVC \< 70%) patients with post-bronchodilator FEV1 70% ≦predicted value, without bronchial reversibility (10% increase post ≦bronchodilator)

Exclusion:

1. Diagnosis or suspicion of sleep apnea.
2. Concurrent rhinitis, eczema, and asthma.
3. Clinically overt bronchiectasis, lung cancer, active tuberculosis, or other known specific pulmonary disease.
4. A chest X-ray indicating diagnosis other than COPD that might interfere with the study.
5. Major disease abnormalities are uncontrolled on therapy.
6. Alcohol or medication abuse.
7. Patients had lower respiratory tract infections or received systemic steroid in the 4 weeks prior to the commencement of study.
8. Unable or unwilling to comply with all protocol

Test product:

fluticasone125 mcg/salmetrol 25 mcg ( Seretide 125 Evohaler ) fluticasone250 mcg/salmetrol 25 mcg ( Seretide 250 Evohaler ) Formulation: fluticasone/salmeterol, 125/25 mcg/puff Dose: 2 puffs bid

Conditions

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Percentage of Annual Acute Exacerbation Quality of Life

Keywords

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COPD Fluticasone/Salmeterol high dose

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Fluticasone/salmeterol high dose

COPD patients treating with high dose of ICS (Fluticasone 1000ug/day) combined with Salmeterol (25ug/day)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fluticasone/Salmeterol high dose

Intervention Type DRUG

Fluticasone/Salmeterol medium dose

COPD patients treating with medium dose of ICS (Fluticasone 500ug/day) combined with Salmeterol (25ug/day)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Fluticasone/Salmeterol high dose

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Fluticasone/Salmeterol high dose

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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COPD patients treating with high dose of ICS (Fluticasone 1000ug/day) combined with Salmeterol (25ug/day)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female outpatients aged 40 years≧
2. Current or ex-smoker, with smoking history 10 pack≧- years
3. COPD (FEV1/FVC \< 70%) patients with post-bronchodilator FEV1 70% ≦predicted value, without bronchial reversibility (10% increase post ≦bronchodilator)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis or suspicion of sleep apnea.
2. Concurrent rhinitis, eczema, and asthma.
3. Clinically overt bronchiectasis, lung cancer, active tuberculosis, or other known specific pulmonary disease.
4. A chest X-ray indicating diagnosis other than COPD that might interfere with the study.
5. Major disease abnormalities are uncontrolled on therapy.
6. Alcohol or medication abuse.
7. Patients had lower respiratory tract infections or received systemic steroid in the 4 weeks prior to the commencement of study.
8. Unable or unwilling to comply with all protocol
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Research Ethics Review Committee

AMBIG

Sponsor Role collaborator

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shih-Lung Cheng

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Facility Contacts

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Shih-Lung Cheng, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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099013-F

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id